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Eleanor Roosevelt Wrap-up Questions

1. What did E.R. learn from Mademoiselle Souvestre?
2. Analyze the meaning behind this quote about Theodore Roosevelt, stating he must be..."the bride at ever wedding and the corpse at every funeral."
3. What did E.R. do in 1917 when the U.S. entered W.W.I.?
4. Why was it said E.R. was the link between the president and the American public?
5. Why was E.R. considered F.D.R.'s eyes and ears?
6. What did Clare Boothe Luce and Adlai Stevenson comment on E.R.?
7. Write a paragraph describing Ms. Anderson using 6 vocabulary words.

Capitalization

Capitalization Worksheet

The following provides you with ten sentences with no capital letters at all. Identify which letters should be capitalized.

1. i visitied mr. smith, the chairman of the board, on september 10.
2. president smith gave a speech in which he said "resigning is not an option."
3. may i visit the oval office, president?
4. he loved the book, which was called "a day in france."
5. the federal bureau of investigations (f.b.i.) looks into crimes, and the bureau also protects america.
6. i am originally from the south but now i live in the north. 
7. my courses this semester include english, science, and math 100. 
8. the state board collects state and federal taxes. 
9. september and october are the prettiest months of autumn. 
10. the book, "the big red dog" is a hit among children: they enjoy reading about the dogs adventures.

Eleanor Roosevelt

FDR Brings a New Deal

 

Read the following article on FDR Brings a New Deal and answer the 10 questions below. Each response is worth 10 points.

With unemployment nearly 25%, 5500 banks closed, farmers threatened with losing their land, soup kitchens and cities, and many factories closed, millions of Americans anxiously waited to see what Franklin D Roosevelt (usually referred to as FDR) would do. When he accepted the Democratic nomination, he pledged himself to a "New Deal" for the American people. The phrase had stuck, and now the nation wanted to know what kind of a new deal he would give them.

In his inaugural address on March 4, 1933, FDR expressed confidence that "this great Nation will endure as it has endured," and “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He asked for emergency powers to defeat the Depression, just as if it were an enemy country that had invaded the United States. With a Cabinet consisting of Democrats, two Republicans, and one woman (Frances Perkins), he acted swiftly to solve different problems. His first move was to close all banks until their records could be examined, and then the weak banks were closed permanently. This would restore public confidence in banks. He used his first "fireside chat" to assure the people that their money would be safe when the bank reopened. It worked, and when banks opened, people walked in to deposit and not withdraw money.

During his first hundred and four days in office, FDR asked Congress for 15 pieces of legislation and got all of them. These created many new agencies, usually known by their alphabet name. The new agencies hired new employees, and supervisors used roller skates to move around over huge new offices.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) went to work on the farm problem. Under Henry Wallace, it paid farmers to take land out of production. Since the 1933 crop was in the ground, it had to be destroyed. To raise pork prices, thousands of pigs were killed; their bodies were ground up and buried. For city dwellers, all of this meant higher prices at a time when they could not afford it. But other New Deal programs were also at work.

To help states with relief projects, the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) gave grants of $500 million, but the idea of giving people money they hadn't earned was not nearly as popular as giving them jobs so they could earn the money. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed about 300,000 young men; they were paid $30 a month ($25 of that was sent to their families), given room and board, lived in military barracks, and worked at conservation projects. Public Works Administration (PWA) was another program to hire the unemployed, but it moved so slowly that it was replaced by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) in November 1933, and Works Progress Administration (WPA) replaced it in 1935.

The National Recovery Act (NRA) was created to encourage business growth. An industry (like steel or petroleum) was to draw up codes of fair competition, which included how much they would charge. This was to prevent cutthroat competition. Codes also set wages at no less than $.30 an hour, abolished child labor, and required businesses to deal with labor unions. A business abiding by the code could display a "blue eagle" on its products.

Results: the New Deal was a turning point in history, as the government began to regulate and involve itself in the economy. At first, the public was nearly 100% behind the changes; but in time, critics raised questions.

Questions

1. When was the phrase "New Deal" first used by FDR?
   
   
2. What famous statement was included in his inaugural address?
   
   
3. How many banks were closed when FDR came into office? Why did he close the rest?
   
   
4. How did the public react when banks reopened?
   
   
5. How did the AAA effect city dwellers?
   
   
6. How much money did a CCC worker get to keep for himself?
   
   
7. Name three other work programs besides the CCC.
   
   
8. Under NRA codes, what was the least amount of money a worker could be paid per hour?
   
   
9. What part of NRA codes appeal to business?
   
   
10. Why would a union leader like NRA codes?

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OtyaRI2QDspbSSwbtEs1eLTSceW39BgxCIhX5eNOtH0/edit?pli=1

The Depression Cripples America

The Depression Cripples America

Read the following article on The Depression Cripples America and answer the 10 questions below. Each response is worth 10 points.

As Herbert Hoover looked out the White House windows, he felt like the coach of a losing team. No matter what he tried, nothing seemed to work. Like almost everyone else, he felt that the stock market drop was only temporary, and soon the economy would get back to normal. As a good and decent man who believed that if people cooperated, anything could be solved, he relied on the method that had always served him well – he called meetings. Governors and business executives were asked to start new spending programs and avoid the temptation of cutting wages; they agreed. Labor unions were asked not to threaten strikes that would hamper recovery, and they agreed. That policy usually would have ended the problem; but this time, there was a new dimension to the problem. Americans had always been optimistic, but now there was a gloom that took confidence and hope away. People did not worry about getting ahead; they were only concerned with surviving.

When consumers stop buying, as Americans began to do during this period, producers start laying off workers. Banks had to stop lending money because they feared their depositors would all want to take their deposits from the bank at the same time (a run), and they did not have the cash on hand for such an event. Banks began to pressure borrowers to pay their loans, and they tightened credit. Stores tried using sales to attract customers, but with no money, they could not afford even a good bargain.

Farmers, who did not enjoy prosperity in the 1920s, faced a drop in the prices of farm goods in the grocery store. When the cost of buying seed, equipment and rail transportation became higher than the price they could sell food for in the city, farmers stopped shipping their crops and found ways to use them to feed their families. Milk needed by children in town was dumped into the gully. To help the farmer, Hoover and Congress created the Agricultural Marketing Act. The government bought up to $500 million worth of farm products and asked farmers to cut back production. Farmers, desperate to meet their mortgage payments, raised more; so the farm problem continued.

To encourage economic activity, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created; it lent out $1.5 billion to railroads, banks, and corporations. That effort did not work either, as those companies used it to pay debts or dividends.

Unemployment increased from 3 million in 1929 to 9 million in 1931 and to 13 million in 1932.That meant that one out of four was unemployed, and many who had jobs worked only part of the day or two or three days a week. Employers were cutting wages, in many cases just to keep the company from going under.

Results: millions of Americans were unemployed, hungry and without housing for the first time in US history. As desperate as the situation was, only a few thousand Americans turn to communism or socialism as the answer. But in 1932, they threw Hoover and his party out of office by an electoral vote of 472 to 59.

Questions

1. When the stock market crash came, did Hoover think its effects would last?
   
   
2. What were the first things he did?
   
   
3. What was a "run"?
   
   
4. Why did farmers quit sending food to cities?
   
   
5. What was the purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act?
   
   
6. Why did it fail?
   
   
7. What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) created to do? Why did it fail?
   
   
8. How many more men were unemployed in 1932 than had been in 1929?
   
   
9. Besides firing workers, what other cutbacks were employers making?
   
   
10. The popular vote in 1932 was 22.8 million for Franklin Roosevelt and 15.7 million for Herbert Hoover. As a Democrat, would you rather look at the electoral vote count or the popular vote count? Explain.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3Al73LRZsIN5oAir6gP3nY2OrjuPSercmRcd14aLQs/edit?pli=1

The Stock Market Collapses

The Stock Market Collapses

Read the following article on The Stock Market Collapses and answer the 10 questions below. Each response is worth 10 points.

 

If individuals want to know whether they're getting ahead financially, they count the money in their pockets and in their bank accounts. But if one wants to know how the nation is doing, he looks at the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and it gives an important clue as to whether investors feel confident or gloomy about the future. When the market keeps going up, is said to be a "bull" market, but when it continues to drop, it is a "bear" market. Sometimes, there is a correction, meaning that prices are a little too high, so it takes a short drop.

In the 1920s, many people invested in the market believing it would always go up. Stockbrokers (those who handle the sale of stocks) encouraged investment by selling stocks "on margin." A person could buy a stock by paying only 10% of its value. A $10 stock could be bought for one dollar. The broker put up the other nine dollars, but if this price dropped to say eight dollars, the buyer would have to put up the extra one dollar or the broker would sell the stock, and the buyer would lose his investment. As long as the prices of stock on the New York Stock Exchange were going up, people gave little thought to the risks.

Investors paid no attention to many warning signs that prosperity was fragile. The sorry state of the farm economy was one sign; many farmers could not make it and left their farms to take jobs in town. They were not buying farm equipment, which slowed down the farm implement business. Also, some Americans invested in the Florida land boom of the mid-1920s in the hope of making a fortune when someone wanted to buy the land from them at a fabulous profit. This was called the "Florida Bubble." However, in 1926 two hurricanes that hit Florida caused people to decide to invest elsewhere, and those who owned land there had to dump it for whatever price they could get. Those who had lost money were less inclined to gamble after that. Many Americans were too poor to buy radios, washing machines, and new cars; they did not add to the economy. Many people in the market thought it was too high, and they took their money out. With less people to buy stock, the market began to drop. Finally, big banks made many bad loans to nations with weak economies. That left them with little reserve when those countries defaulted (could not pay their debts).

The first signs of trouble came in September 1929, when the market dipped; but after it came up for a time, investors assumed it was just a correction. On October 23, major stocks dropped rapidly, but banks bought up stocks to keep a panic from occurring. On October 29, 1929, panic hit the market. Everyone wanted to sell stocks, and no one wanted to buy. Brokers called investors and told them to "put up more margin," but they could not begin to cover the losses, and more stocks were put up for sale.

The market steadied after that because no one could believe that the bull market was dead. From September 3 to the end of October, AT&T dropped $106 a share, General Electric by $228.13 a share, and RCA from $101 to $28 a share. Some companies could hardly sell this stock for any price.

Results: Many investors lost everything, including their money, their dreams, and their confidence.

1. What is a “bear" market? What is a "bull" market?
   
   
2. When a correction occurs, what do investors assume?
   
   
3. What does buying “on margin” mean?
4. As a margin buyer who purchased 100 shares of a stock in 1925 at $50 a share, how much margin did you have to put up?
   
   
5. What business was especially hurt because of the farmers' hard times?
   
   
6. Why did people suddenly lose enthusiasm for buying land in Florida?
   
   
7. Why did the collapse of the economies of nations like Bolivia and Germany hurt the big American banks?
   
   
8. What held the market up on October 23 when it began to drop?
   
   
9. Why didn't investors put up more margin on October 29?
   
   
10. When you bought 100 shares of AT&T stock at its peak in September 1929, how much did you lose when you sold it at the close of October 29?

 

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LBp3Nw6O7Vk8PzwcbGegXHsucbi-bCJbCX5uev8onCY/edit?pli=1

 

 

 

 

Using Capital Letters

In the following sentences, cross out each word that contains an error in capitalization.

1. My boss is mister Jackson.

2. The sergeant replied, "yes, sir, captain. i understand."

3. David speaks english, french and portuguese.

4. Soccer practice takes place on monday and fridays.

5. my favorite queen is queen Elizabeth of england.

6. the teacher asked, "show me your notebook?"

7. tell me what i have to do.

8. winnie the pooh

9. how to win friends and influence people.

10. stop!

Eleanor Roosevelt - Vocabulary Words

Using 8/10 vocabulary words write a short paragraph about Eleanor Roosevelt.

Vocabulary words: tenement slums, diphtheria, prominent, compassionate, impoverished, migrant, grave, dominate, wavering, brooding.

Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial

Marian Anderson's performance at the Constitution Hall in Washington,D.C. was cancelled Mrs. Roosevelt protested and organized a performance for Ms. Anderson in front  of 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Speech

Bonus Points Activity

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19th Amendment